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PKC-mediated RhoGDI interaction with p75NTR JUX domain

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New postdoc fellow joins KI group to study roles of p75NTR signaling in neuron survival and differentiation

Shounak Baksi obtained his PhD at the University of Calcutta, India, in September 2009. His thesis work focused on studies of alterations in Growth Factor Receptor Protein Binding Protein 2 (Grb2) signaling in Huntington’s disease cell model. His postdoctoral studies in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, under the direction of Dr. Neena Singh,  focused on the role of Parkinson’s disease protein alpha synuclein in retinal and brain iron homeostasis. Shounak established the role of alpha synuclein in the process of transferrin receptor endocytosis. Shounak joins the KI team to pursue studies of p75 signaling mutant mice.

Change of Department affiliation

Carlos Ibanez’s team is now under the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) of Karolinska Institute. Although the group was since 1996 under the Department of Neuroscience, its laboratories were already located at CMB space since 2004. This administrative change completes the integration of the Ibanez team in the CMB organization, in preparation for the big move to the new Biomedicum building next year.